Ashland Fire Destroys City Opera House And Shops
A costly Wednesday afternoon blaze in Ashland gutted the city owned opera house and ground floor shops including Walshs stove Ludwicks clothing and Sharick jewelry. The public library and council chamber on the second floor were lost. The fire caused about forty thousand dollars in damage with seventeen thousand five hundred dollars in insurance. It started from a new heater as workers were installing it and the floor overheated. Water supply hindered firefighting and the new engine debuted in service.
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Ashland
Obituary notices for Hughes Donnelly Summerton Thomas Johnson Erwin
Mrs Cal Hughes formerly of Wooster dies in California after a yearlong cancer illness. Miss Josie Donnelly an old resident remembers her. Samantha Summerton six years near Pleasant Home dies after prolonged illness with complicating diseases. John R Thomas 75 former Doylestown resident dies at infirmary after a short illness. Captain Johnson 70 brother in law of R J Cunningham dies in Wilmot after Feb 20. noted as a leading community figure and former Mt Eaton teacher. Mrs Martha Erwin elderly Dalton resident dies Friday after brief illness.
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Cal Hughes
Wooster
Calfornia
Josie Donnelly
Samantha Summerton
John R Thomas
Doylestown
Johnson
R J Cunningham
Wilmot
Mt. Eaton
Marriage Licenses List From Shreve and Wooster
Marriage licenses issued for L. A. Shriver and Jetta T. Williams of Shreve Charles E. Koons and Mrs Rolla J Dowell of Wooster 8 J Rhoads and Ida Stanford of Wooster Grace W Miller Monroe McQuater and Elgon nara x McQuater listed among applicants in fragmented OCR text.
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L. A. Shriver
Jetta T. Wiliams
Shreve
Charles E. Koons
Rolla J. Dowell
Wooster
J. Rhoads
Ida Stanford
Grace
W. Miller
Elgon
Monroe
McQuater
Germany presses for draft in lieu of cash on £5000 protocol
Politely declined. Germany seeks a cash alternative and draft for the £5,500 due under the Feb protocol. Bowen reiterates payment at Caracas on March 15 to Germany’s diplomatic rep. The dispute centers on the return of ships seized by German vessels amid negotiations with Italian and allied powers. The Venezuelan gunboat Restaurador was handed over to Venezuelan authorities after a German transfer, with the German flag lowered and naval salutes observed.
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Germany
Bowen
Owen
Caracas
Herr Baltaz
Caraca
Mayor Tes Planches
Mr Bowen
Admiralty
Hague Tribunal
Porto Cabello
Chalbaud
Scheder
Venezuela
Vineta
Restaurador
Beef trust knocked out in Chicago
Special to THE Republican Chicago February 18 Judge Vosowar overruled the demurrer of the packers and granted a preliminary injunction The packers agreement was found to restrain trade and violate the Sherman antitrust law An appeal to the circuit court may follow Judges Voorhees Donahue and M Carty presided Wayne county circuit court Tuesday and expect most docketed cases to be heard
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Chicago
Beef Trust
Eosowar
Circuit Court
Voorhees, Donahue
M. Carty
Wayne County Circuit Court
Court Rules Kentucky Tax Over Indiana Franchise
United States Supreme Court ruling finds Kentucky lacked jurisdiction over Indiana franchise tax matters. Justice Harlan writes that Kentucky cannot tax a company’s Indiana franchise, reversing a Kentucky Court of Appeals decision. The case contrasts state authority on cross border corporate rights and taxation.
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Jefferson
Kentucks
C Upany
Kentucky
Indiana
Justice Harlan
Kentucky Court of Appeal
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Holmes
United States
Mangrove
Panama
New York and Indianz
Court
That. Ae Setae Kr
Fire destroys Springfield YMCA and adjacent buildings
Late wire reports from Springfield describe a morning fire that razed the new YMCA structure on Fountain Square and several nearby buildings. Estimated losses reach two hundred fifty thousand dollars. Also from Washington and Rome: John K Richards named successor to Judge Day in the Sixth Judicial District, and Pope Leo XII completes jubilee duties declaring it the happiest day of his life.
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Springfield
Young Mens Christian Association
Fountain Square Theatre
Washington
John K Richards
Day Weircait
Rome
Leo
Typhus plague at Cornell threatens college death toll rises
Ithaca Feb 24 typhus at Cornell University worsens with 14 students dead and 60 town fever cases. Only about half of the student body remains. officials fear closure until the epidemic ends. President Schurman calls the situation grave as doctors work to relieve suffering. In Washington, talk of statehood bill compromise continues amid disputes over Montezuma population and Arizona admission.
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Ithaca NY
Ithaca
KR Dawsodr
Cornell
Max Rothkugel
Austria
Dawson
Rothkugel
Stimpson Hall
Comet
Ithaca Water Works Company
Cornell Univeresty
James Vioton Canal
Schurman
Washington
Wisconsin
Montezuma
Arizona
Congress
Cream Baby in My Family Use for Nine Years
A 1901 testimonial from Kimball praises Ely Brothers Cream Baby as a remedy for head cold discomfort. The note offers a trial size for 10 cents or 50 cents supplied by Ely Brothers at 56 Warren Street New York. It mentions a physician endorsement and urges readers to judge for themselves.
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Messin Ely Bros
Eolda
Tess
Kimball
Ely Brothers
Warren St
New York
Pink Pills for Pale People Restores Health in Miss Roling
Miss Helen Roling of 267 South Washington Street, Columbus Ohio, reports two years of acute indigestion and fatigue eased by Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She credits the pills with restoring color, energy, and appetite and notes doctors offered no lasting help. The ad-promotes the medicine and offers a free diet book from Schenectady, New York.
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Helen Roling
South Washington Street
Colubus
Ohio
Nexture
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Social Notes Highlight Church and University Events
Social notes cover a church anniversary with music by the Electa quartet and praise for Rev. Dresel, a Franen Verein gathering, a Zella Wiler party for cousin Worriw, a Women’s Christian Temperance Union meeting at the Methodist church with Miss Willard tribute and school music, a Washington's birthday class party at the university conservatory, the Kappa Kappa Gamma winter party hosted by Elizabeth Johnson on East Bowman, Mavine Yinkey hosting guests on Nobs avenue, and a Hating snab club gathering hosted by Mrs Robert Taylor. also a medical note praising Hagee Cordial of Cod Liver Oil for bronchial inflammation.
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Christ Evangelical Church
Womens Society
Electa Quartet
Harry Young
Ada Conrad
Wm. N Dresel
Mansfield
Franen Verein
John Nolle
Zella Wiler
South Market Street
Miss Worriw
Women A Christian Temperance Union
Methodist Church
Miss Willard
University
Washington
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